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Out: “What’s your sign?” In: “What’s your credit score?”

Josephine La Bella, 25, who works at a payroll company, likes to tackle the delicate subject head on. Ms. La Bella, who has vigilantly monitored her credit score ever since graduating from Rutgers in 2009, has found that broaching the topic of her own credit score causes her suitors to open up, too.

In August, Ms. La Bella recalled, while at dinner in Bayonne, N.J., a date blurted out his credit score on the first outing. Instead of making things more awkward, she said, a really productive discussion followed. Since then, Ms. La Bella tries to bring up the topic soon after meeting someone.

“I take my credit score seriously and so my date can take me seriously,” she said. A handful of small, online dating Web sites have sprung up to cater specifically to singles looking for a partner with a tiptop credit score. “Good Credit Is Sexy,” says one site, Creditscoredating.com, which allows members to view the credit scores of potential dates who agree to provide the numbers.

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Seriously.. I love the lady in this story. Why is it bad for her to make sure that a potential boyfriend is a person who isn’t in serious debt? Important to me.. Having a college degree, having a real job, and not being a spendthrift loser. I live very thrifty and get very upset about spending money. It is hugely important to me that I’m not taking on the husband’s credit card debt and poor spending habits and I’m not supporting a loser financially.

And perhaps this is where I live but most of the losers are white male hipsters. Most fun.. Point out that I have a celebrity crush on Paul Ryan. That makes the guys get angry.

Seriously.. I love the lady in this story. Why is it bad for her to make sure that a potential boyfriend is a person who isn’t in serious debt? Important to me.. Having a college degree, having a real job, and not being a spendthrift loser.

Illinidiva on December 26, 2012 at 11:49 PM

Because maybe just small talk might be appropriate before deep into finances. Like coffee, lunch, dinner. I think you would get a feeling. Maybe a movie before we get into how much, who did what to who and how many and when?
I guess I’m too old to understand now. Like when daughter says “you don’t understand.” Yep I’ve always been grown up and pop. No probs of my own.

Because maybe just small talk might be appropriate before deep into finances. Like coffee, lunch, dinner. I think you would get a feeling. Maybe a movie before we get into how much, who did what to who and how many and when?
I guess I’m too old to understand now. Like when daughter says “you don’t understand.” Yep I’ve always been grown up and pop. No probs of my own.

arnold ziffel on December 26, 2012 at 11:58 PM

Yeah.. I’m not going to waste my time on a guy that is a spendthrift loser… So it is first date and out.

I could find out the information I want about conservative spending habits by just observing my date’s spending decisions. I wouldn’t need a credit score. I don’t think I could be happy with someone who isn’t a cheapskate like me.